“Obama, with his great status in Europe — if he couldn’t sway it, it’s an indication things have changed,” McCann told Bloomberg News.

In April, Obama traveled to the UK in part to advocate that it remain in the EU. He even threatened the UK directly, saying it would have to go to the “back of the queue” in trade negotiations with the United States because the EU is so much bigger.

On Friday, the president’s language was far more deferential.

“Based on our conversation, I’m confident that the UK is committed to an orderly transition out of the EU,” he said.

Vice President Joe Biden’s reaction was blunt: “We preferred a different outcome.”

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump rubbed salt in the wound on his trip to Scotland.

“A lot of people don’t like him,” Trump said of Obama.

Trump, who backed the “Leave” campaign, added, “I was actually very surprised that President Obama would’ve come over here and he would’ve been so bold as to tell the people over here what to do.”